• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.83-84
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.61-62
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.201-202
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.347-348
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.258-259
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• 2004

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.523-538
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• 2009

Recently, there has been a keen demand for real-time automatic monitoring of VOCs not only in Korea but other developed countries. We carried out this study to evaluate and to optimize the performance of a continuous automatic monitoring system for hazardous VOCs (HVOCs) in the ambient atmosphere, using an on-line GC system. The online system normally consisted of a Nafion dryer prior to a cold trap of an automatic thermal desorption apparatus and a GC system equipped with two detectors, i.e. PID and ECD. Preliminary tests conducted to check out any contamination of the system revealed an evidence of significant artifact formation of benzene, and it was found that the Nafion dryer (even brand new one) is the source of the benzene artifact. Thus, all the subsequent experiments in this study was carried out inevitably by removing the Nafion dryer. The on-line GC method was investigated with a variety of QC/QA performance criteria such as repeatability, linearity, lower detection limits, and accuracy. In order to find out the best operating condition for the on-line GC system, three different types (in terms of adsorption strength) of cold trap combinations were tested, i.e. (i) Tenax-TA and Carbopack-B combination (weak and hydrophobic); (ii) Tenax-TA, Carbopack-X and Carboxen-1000 combination (strong and hydrophilic); and (iii) Tenax-TA and Carbopack-X combination (medium and hydrophobic/hydrophilic). The USEPA TO-17 manual method was selected as a reference method to evaluate the performance of the on-line method. A series of experiments revealed that the system performance was superior to others when a cold trap packed with hydrophilic adsorbents (Tenax-TA/Carbopack-X/Carboxen-1000 combination) was used and operated at $25^{\circ}C$. However, the system with a cold trap packed with a combination of Tenax-TA and Carbopack-X is more recommended for field applications since the carboxen-1000 adsorbent is too sensitive to water vapor, and hence the performance of the system might be very unstable to humid samples or during rainy days. Furthermore, the precision and accuracy criteria of the Tenax-TA/ Carbopack-X combination were generally compatible with the triple adsorbents cold trap. The continuous automatic monitoring method is, thus, considered very useful to real-time monitoring to understand the variations of VOCs concentrations in ambient air, as it adopts much simpler procedures in sampling, analysis, and data integration steps than manual monitoring methods. However, it should be noted that there is a high possibility of benzene artifacts formation through the Nafion dryer, which is often installed to remove water vapor in air samples before being adsorbed onto the cold trap. Therefore, if a Nafion dryer is used in any studies of monitoring VOCs, the benzene contamination should be carefully examined before carrying out obtaining the data.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.99-110
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• 2006

This study focused on the emission rate of the construction materials. The method of study is as follows. First, validation of small chamber method to determine emission rate of construction material was performed by CFD simulation. For the result of this study, uniform air velocity in small chamber was founded, and small chamber as a test material for emission rate was validated. Second, the construction materials were categorized by their feature and the emission rate of volatile organic compound was determined. Totally, VOCs emission rate of 49 materials were determined.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.52-53
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• 2001

여수 국가산업단지(이하 여수산단, 구 여천산단)는 울산지역과 함께 1967년부터 중화학공업 육성을 위한 석유화학단지로 조성되기 시작하였다. 이 지역은 안전사고와 환경오염으로 인한 피해 분쟁이 빈발하였으며, 휘발성유기화합물질 (VOCs)로 인한 대기오염 문제가 최초로 제기된 지역이기도 하다. 이에 따라 환경부에서는 1996년 9월 여수산단을 대기보전특별대책지역으로 지정하고, 석유정제 및 석유화학 제품 제조시설 등에 대하여 VOCs 배출억제 및 방지시설을 설치하도록 하는 한편, 기존 배출시설에 대해서는 엄격한 배출허용기준을, 신규배출시설에 대하여는 특별배출허용기준을 각각 적용하고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.183-184
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• 2002

도시와 산업의 발달 및 인구의 도시 집중화로 다양한 종류의 오염물질이 다량으로 대기 중으로 배출되는 통 환경오염이 날로 심각해지고 상황에서, 특히 악취(odor)와 VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds) 물질이 사회의 중요한 환경오염 문제고 부각되고 있다 광화학스모그의 선구물질인 VOC의 주요 배출원은 도로차량, 비도로차량, 용제사용과 유류저장으로 파악되고 있으며 그중 용제사용 부문에는 세정, 인쇄, 세탁, 도장, 농약살포, 소비용품, 도로포장 통에서 대부분 배출되는 것으로 알려져 있다 또한 환경기초시설인 하폐수처리장, 폐기물 소각장 및 매립장 등에서도 다량의 VOC/악취 물질들이 배출되고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.281-282
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• 2002

휘발성유기화합물질 (Volatile Organic Compounds, VOCs)은 오존층을 파괴시키는 염소화합물과 광화학 스모그를 형성하는 촉매로 작용하는 주요 대기오염 물질일 뿐만 아니라 VOCs 자체로도 인류의 건강을 위협하는 물질이다. 특히 휘발성유기화합물은 물질의 종류가 수십 종에 이르며 석유화학산업, 도료산업 등의 고농도 발생사업장과 상대적으로 낮은 농토수준이기는 하지만 일상생활에서 절하게 되는 자동차, 주유소, 세탁소 등의 시설을 통해 지속적으로 환경계에 배출되는 등 발생원이 다양하며 측정분석방법에 내재된 어려움으로 인하여 다른 일반적인 대기오염물질에 비하여 여러 가지 측면에서 적절한 관리가 힘든 것으로 알려져 있다. (중략)